Cue tip



5. w. JOHNSON Nov. 2 1926.

CUE TIP Filed June 27, 1924.

ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CUE TIP.

Application filed June :27, 1924. Serial No. 722,774.

This invention relates to improvements in billiard cues and has for an object the provision of a tip which is capable of being readily attached or removed and which may if desired be placed upon a one without removing the permanent tip. The user may l hllS have the advantage of the tip to suit his particular requirements without the necessity of providing a private cue.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of one end of a one with the improved tip applied. Figure 2 is a sectional View of the same.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail where in like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates the tip end of a billiard cue to which the invention is shown as applied. The invention includes a sleeve '11 which is split longitudinally as shown at 12 so that the inner end of the sleeve may be contracted to frictionally engage the cue. For this purpose there is provided a ring 13 which is slidable over the sleeve so as to contract the inner end thereof and hold the sleeve in position in a manner to permit of its ready removal. If desired the sleeve may be provided with a groove in its periphery to receive an annular bead 14: which extends around the inside of the ring 12 so that the latter will remain in place.

The outer end of the sleeve 11 is provided with a reduced extension 15 and secured upon this extension is an ivory or other ferrule 16, the latter carrying at its outer end a tip 17. This tip may be cemented to the outer end of the ferrule and the latter may be cemented upon the extension 15, or it may have a threaded engagement therewith as shown.

The invention might be used as a permanent tip for cues, but it is especially adapted for use as a removable tip so that the user may place the tip upon a one without removing the permanent tip 18. He may thus have the advantage of a tip which suits his own particular requirements without the necessity of providing an individual cue. The tip may be carried in the pocket when not in use and is thus of a more convenient character than a cue.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is here in reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Havingdescribed the invention what is claimed is 2- The combination with a billiard cue, of a longitudinally split sleeve adapted to be placed over the tip end of a one, said sleeve being closed at one end and having a con caved tip receiving seat in said closed end. a reduced extension at the closed end of the sleeve, a ferrule threadedly secured upon the extension, a tip secured upon the outer end of the ferrule and a ring adjustable longitudinally of the sleeve to force the latter into binding engagement with the cue.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL W. JOHNSON. 

